Ponyboy Vs. Adam

Has it ever happened to you where someone thinks you're a youthful kid but you don't think so? The main character in the heartbreaking Story “April Morning” by Howard Fast is kind of like the main character in the adventurous book “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. These two characters have nearly the same change in the book.

In the beginning of the book “The Outsiders” Ponyboy the main character is in a state of youth. Throughout the book he remains in a state of youth until Johnny and Dally two of his best friends end up in the hospital. He really changes from the event because he realizes that they wouldn’t be in this mess if it wasn’t for his childish decisions.

That is just like “April Morning” because Adam isn’t the man of the house in the beginning of the book because his father is alive. So you could say he is in a state of youth too just like Ponyboy. In the middle of the book the courageous Battle of Lexington occurs. Adam’s father was shot and killed. From there on, the moment his father was struck down by a musket, he became the man of the house or he became a man. No more young foolish acts were tolerated.

Once you become a man there is no turning back. Both of them in the story took and adventure into change, which was adulthood.

April Morning

One of the biggest conflicts in the book is The Battle of Lexington. An army of no more than 80 men formed to face a army of a thousand men. The main character Adam has his father killed in the battle. I believe that it is resolved because Adam goes home after all of the battles and life returns to normalcy accept he lives without his father.

Another conflict is his father dies. Adam always felt that his father never appreciated him or loved him. Although before the battle his father holds him close and tells him he loves him. Adam then realizes that the reason his father seemed mad at him always was because he loves him and was looking out for him.

The Story of Buddy the Elf and LaFonda

Author's Note: this story had to have a girl with big dreams on a snowy afternoon for Language Arts.

One snowy afternoon in New York City a girl with big dreams named LaFonda set out to find Buddy the Elf. She saw the movie and had an instant obsession over Buddy. She searched in the Empire State building, Broadway, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Gimbel’s and Yankee Stadium but yet still no sign of him accept there was no chewed up gum under the railings. She knew right away that he was here but if he wasn’t there, any good Buddy the Elf fan knew where he would be.
A few days later LaFonda arrived in the North Pole. She went to Santa’s factory and asked Poppa Elf where Buddy was and he said “look in the candy cane forest, his fort is there”.
So the next day she traveled to the candy cane forest by riding Mr. Narwhal. She arrived to the candy cane forest in a jiffy and found Buddy the Elf in a feeble position sprouting a full beard.

Ponyboy vs. Randy

Authors Note: This piece was produced to show the point of views of the greasers and the soc's.

In the story the Outsiders Ponyboy, a “greaser” tells the hard life style of these outcasts. Ponyboy talks about how the “soc’s” are “white trash with mustangs and Madre’s”. Since Ponyboy, a greaser tells the story greasers are good and soc’s are white trash. Ponyboy and Johnny got attacked by Bob and his soc friends. Johnny killed Bob in self-defense; well that’s at least what Ponyboy and Johnny said.

If randy, a soc would’ve narrated the story the whole thing would’ve been different. Randy and the soc’s would’ve been the good kids and greasers would be white trash with too much hair oil. When the soc’s attacked Johnny and Pony Randy probably would’ve said that Johnny and Pony attacked them and attempting to drown Pony was an act of self-defense. While Johnny killing Bob would’ve been out of an act of jealousy.

Creative Piece

Authors Note: This piece was created to put "It's four o'clock in the morning" in it for Language Arts.

I awoke as my brother woke me up early in the morning. “It’s Christmas” he shouted with joy. Truthfully I didn’t care I was tired. “Are you crazy? It’s four o’clock in the morning!” I didn’t care about presents or anything right now all I cared about was getting some sleep. So my brother went downstairs without me, thank the lord. I woke up about three hours later excited to find what presents I got. To my amazement I found a big piece of coal in my stocking.
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